Mining Communication Data in a Music Community: A Preliminary Analysis

TL;DR

This paper explores how comment-based communication influences member behavior in an online music community focused on collaborative songwriting, highlighting the role of comments in fostering collaboration and artifact improvement.

Contribution

It presents a preliminary analysis of communication networks in a music community, emphasizing the importance of comments in collaborative creative processes.

Findings

Comments facilitate collaboration and feedback in the community.

Communication patterns influence member engagement and artifact development.

Preliminary insights into online creative community dynamics.

Abstract

Comments play an important role within online creative communities because they make it possible to foster the production and improvement of authors' artifacts. We investigate how comment-based communication help shape members' behavior within online creative communities. In this paper, we report the results of a preliminary study aimed at mining the communication network of a music community for collaborative songwriting, where users collaborate online by first uploading new songs and then by adding new tracks and providing feedback in forms of comments.